Luke Lachey will return to the stadium he regularly attended games at as a kid while Jim Lachey will call his son’s game for the first time when Ohio State hosts Iowa this weekend.
Growing up in Columbus, Luke Lachey went to just about every Ohio State home game from the time he was seven years old.
Before Lachey became a Hawkeye, he had hopes of following in his father’s footsteps and playing for the Buckeyes. Aout of Grandview Heights High School, Lachey camped at Ohio State during the summer of 2019 in hopes of earning an offer from his hometown school. Ohio State ended up offering fellow in-state tight end Joe Royer instead, and Lachey went on to commit to Iowa just over a month later.
Now a redshirt sophomore at Iowa, Lachey is the Hawkeyes’ second-leading receiver this season with 157 yards and a touchdown on just nine catches. In an offense that regularly utilizes multiple tight ends, Lachey has played 248 snaps this season as Iowa’s No. 2 tight end, perHis growth this season has impressed Iowa’s coaches, who believe Lachey’s best football is still to come.
“It's definitely a business trip at the end of the day, but it is a little bit more exciting to go home and play in Columbus,” Lachey said. “I think it means a lot to my parents and to my whole family.” Like Luke, Jim knows he has a job to do and can’t get too caught up in the emotion of the family reunion. But he acknowledges his eyes might go toward his son more than they normally would for an opposing player.
“You go where you’re loved so to speak, and where it works out best, and it just worked out best for him to go to Iowa,” Jim said. “He's been around Ohio State football a lot, so certainly, I think growing up he certainly was a fan of it, watching all those guys excel. But now he's had an opportunity to go to Iowa and hey, once you get out there, you find out that this is pretty good football, too.
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